Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington February 10, 2009. Reuters Pictures 12 months ago

Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington February 10, 2009.

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  1. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (R) is sworn in for his second term in Washington, February 3, 2010. Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Donald Kohn swears in Bernanke as Anna Bernanke, (C), his wife, observes the ceremony.
  2. U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (C) poses with British Central Bank Governor Mervyn King (L) and European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet for a photo during the G7 meeting in Tokyo in this February 9, 2008 file photo. The Bank of England estimates governments the world over have spent or committed a staggering $14 trillion to prop up the financial system following the fall of Lehman Brothers in September 2008. Despite the protestations by politicians that such a large-scale rescue should never be allowed to happen again, their actions over the past two years suggest the opposite. Picture taken February 9, 2008. To match special report DAVOS/FINANCE.
  3. WASHINGTON - JANUARY 25: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke attends a meeting with Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) at the US Capitol on January 25, 2010 in Washington DC. President Obama nominated Mr. Bernanke to a second term and he will need at least 60 votes to win confirmation.
  4. WASHINGTON - JANUARY 25: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (L) meets with Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) at the US Capitol on January 25, 2010 in Washington DC. President Obama nominated Mr. Bernanke to a second term and he will need at least 60 votes to win confirmation.
  5. WASHINGTON - JANUARY 25: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (L) is greeted by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) before a meeting at the U.S. Capitol on January 25, 2010 in Washington DC. President Obama nominated Mr. Bernanke to a second term and he will need at least 60 votes to win confirmation.
  6. WASHINGTON - JANUARY 25: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (L) is greeted by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) before a meeting at the U.S. Capitol on January 25, 2010 in Washington DC. President Obama nominated Mr. Bernanke to a second term and he will need at least 60 votes to win confirmation.
  7. WASHINGTON - JANUARY 25: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (L) meets with Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) at the U.S. Capitol on January 25, 2010 in Washington DC. President Obama nominated Mr. Bernanke to a second term and he will need at least 60 votes to win confirmation.
  8. WASHINGTON - JANUARY 25: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (L) is greeted by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) before a meeting at the U.S. Capitol on January 25, 2010 in Washington DC. President Obama nominated Mr. Bernanke to a second term and he will need at least 60 votes to win confirmation.
  9. WASHINGTON - JANUARY 25: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke meets with Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) at the U.S. Capitol on January 25, 2010 in Washington DC. President Obama nominated Mr. Bernanke to a second term and he will need at least 60 votes to win confirmation.
  10. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (L) speaks with Stanford University Professor of Economics Robert Hall (R) before his presentation at the American Economic Association in Atlanta, Georgia, January 3, 2010.
  11. U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke awaits the beginning of testimony at his Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on his nomination to continue as Chairman of the Board of Governors, on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this December 3, 2009 file photo. The combination of the financial nervous breakdown and the uneven economic recovery has turned central bankers into the equivalent of military generals waging a war. The question is whether, in the face of political opposition, they will deploy the weapons at their disposal. December 3, 2009. To match Special Report DAVOS/ECONOMY.
  12. U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks at the December luncheon meeting of the Economic Club of Washington, in this December 7, 2009 file photo. The combination of the financial nervous breakdown and the uneven economic recovery has turned central bankers into the equivalent of military generals waging a war. The question is whether, in the face of political opposition, they will deploy the weapons at their disposal. Picture taken December 7, 2009. To match Special Report DAVOS/ECONOMY.
  13. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke looks up during his meeting with Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) to discuss Federal Reserve policy and Bernanke's upcoming confirmation vote at Capitol Hill in Washington January 25, 2010. The combination of the financial nervous breakdown and the uneven economic recovery has turned central bankers into the equivalent of military generals waging a war. The question is whether, in the face of political opposition, they will deploy the weapons at their disposal. Picture taken January 25, 2010. To match Special Report DAVOS/ECONOMY.
  14. U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke prepares to speak at the December luncheon meeting of the Economic Club of Washington, in this December 7, 2009 file photo. The U.S. Senate on January 28, 2010 approved Bernanke's nomination to a second four-year term running the Federal Reserve, the world's most powerful central bank, despite deep misgivings over his perceived policy missteps.
  15. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke looks up during his meeting with Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) to discuss Federal Reserve policy and Bernanke's upcoming confirmation vote Capitol Hill in Washington, in this January 25, 2010 file photo. The U.S. Senate Thursday looked poised to narrowly approve Ben Bernanke's nomination to a second term running the world's most powerful central bank, despite misgivings over perceived policy missteps. Bernanke's nomination cleared a procedural roadblock with a 77-23 vote on January 28. 2010, and the Senate moved directly to a vote on final confirmation, where only a simple majority of 51 votes in the 100-person chamber is needed for approval.
  16. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke looks up during his meeting with Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) to discuss Federal Reserve policy and Bernanke's upcoming confirmation vote Capitol Hill in Washington January 25, 2010. U.S. lawmakers looked likely to grudgingly approve Bernanke to a second term as Federal Reserve chairman this week after the White House stepped in to defend his crisis-fighting record and rally votes.

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